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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
Incident of naII.s RIur.

When we were driven from the field
at Balls Bluff we had no choice of
ways TO retreat There was one way
and one only-and that was to 90
over the bluff and take chances Of
breaking our necks. Behind US there
was a very hot fire. and before us was
the prospect of cold bath. but we soon
decided the question, and over we went.
Instead of rolling down into the river.
four of rs landed on 4 ledge formed by
the roots of large tree that was
standing on the slope of the bluff As
we were some four feet below the edge
of the bluff. we were safe from the rebel
bullets. and so we decided to take things
as coolly as possible. At length the
rebels ceased firing and everything be-
came quiet Looking to our left we
saw an officer leading his company up
the steep path that lead to the top Of
the bluff. On reaching there he turn
ed around to his men and cri "a ont, as
he waved his sword over his head:
Come on.ye brave Irishmen come on,
Where are We, Americans? Where are
YEP He found out where the Ameri-
cans were. for the next moment the
rebels fired volleF, and down tumbled
the officer. His company quickly
broke and disappeared, followed by
9, 60 ~.
of this little side tragedy.
There have been many anecdotes and
stories told of the kindness shown by
the late Colonel Z. ID. Baker. of the
California Regiment. towards his men.
Following is a true and as vet unpub-
lished account of his thoHghtfulness for
all under his command. 1t was lust
previous to the first battle of Bulls
Run, and he had the regiment drawn
up in mass order, when he addressed
them as follows: my men,, ne saia.
Il want you all to listen to what nave
to say to you, for it may coAcern some
of you, but l hope not many. ] know
that there are many men who enlist at
times under excitement Of different
kinds, and after the excitement has pass
ed they regret the step, Now. if there
is anyone here who feels that he has
not the courage to do soldiers duty,
let him give his name to his captain,
who wiz bring him to my headquarters
tomorrow morning. and will see that
he is furnished free transportation 70
his home. And l warn any man who
boots at those embracing this offer that
he will be summarily punished. love
and respect the man who has the moral
to acknowledge the truth if he
has not the physical courage TO face the
foe"
The following day thirty-five out Of
1900 men came forward and were sent
to their homes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19

The deeper the preparation of the
soil the deeper will the roots penetrate.
thus advancing closer to moisture, as
well as permitting of the growth of a
large proportion of those rootleis that
collect food. If the soil be shallow and the
subsoil hard the roots viii spread near
er the surface, thus rendering them not
only more liable TO being winter killed
but also to damage from drought.
The supposltioh that young sows are
better for breeding purposes than those
two or three years old has done much
to impair the vigor of swine. The Gus
tom Of using young sows grew out of
the loss of young pigs by pressure from
the heavy dams, but a large breeding
sow should not be fat and heavy. A
sow over two Years old will give more
milk than younger one. and. as a
rule, she viii produce stronger pigs.
To clean looking glasses take anews-
paper fold it up six or eight inches
square. dip it in cold water and rub the
glass thoroughly; flyspecks and all
other marks will disappear as if by
magic. After the washing has been
thorough, dry and polish with dry
paper. Rag paper is the most useful
for this purpose, as wood or straw
papers will leave lint on the glass.
Cloth viii do the same thing.
One of the cheapest and best agents
for the destruction of bugs. moths, and
other yermin is benzine. II NAV he
poured freely on mattresses. uphol-
stored furniture, and carpets without
fear of injury,and the odor soon evapo-
rates, but the vermin is efIectually de-
strOyed Benzine is very inflam-
mable article, and should never be used
around flame or fire where there is any
possibility Of ignition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
CONIMERCIALRENIEM.

r. q. Dun a Co.'S. weekly review says: A
great revolution in business is going on.
With radically conflicting accounts OF
serious losses at soTse localities and in some
branches. and of wonderful gains at other
places, or IN other departments of trade and
industry. the difficulty of reaching just con
illusions is much enhanced. The Interstate
act is but one of several causes which con
tribute 10 produce this revolution IN COM
merce expansion in the volume and
change in the kind of currency is another
not less important Most unexpected re-
suits are produced; the Inter state act
clearly helps some who bitterly opposed
it and az clearly Injuries others who eX-
pected great benefits from its operations.
Thus the river business of the West is eX-
panding under tie influence of the law and
tue railroads are at the same time getting
larger earnings rom the part of the traffic
they retain, while not a few cities find. as
Cincinnati Oes, that trade IN many lines
is greatly embarrassed. One general tend
ency is disclosed 10y the urgent demands
for suspension or change If the law, espec-
ial.y from those who most favored its ell
actuent. Serious diversion of trade from
Western cities which have been chief cen
tres Of distribution is in progress and n
multitude OF smaller towns are repeaping
the benefit.
Western products do not, as a rule gain
anything in Eastern markets. wheat mas
dtAN GAtttu oHz Genus sluCc Tue act MGill INTO
effect. corn and oats have declined a
fraction. pork is about the same in price,
lard al cent lower, hogs * cent lower,
and beef sells at the same price. Cotton
has been advanced = cent, but this change,
like the rise IN wheat, is clearly speculative,
and therefore threatens reaction through
cUrtailment of demand.
Railroad building is not checked by the
act as vet, and there is a probability thst
by encouraging traffic at many instead of
few centres of trade, the law may tend TO
the building of numerous local roads and
parallel Ur rival lines.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
Is TIE EAST.

\ dispatch Of the I2lh. from Sand
wich, Mass. reports forest TIRE the most
extensive and disastrous ever known on tie
care. The fire ran twenty miles i'll length,
the head being in East Falmouth, thence to
Maspee. Sandwich village, Sycamore,
Bourne and Prescott. TIE residents OF
Bourne removed their household goods
from their dwellings. It IS reported that
several houses st Monument Beach, besides
many others iu the outskirts were de-tros ed
ive hundred acres or more were burned
over. consisting IN part OK valuable wood
land.
4 horrible accideutoccured Friday
az Coal Valley. Perm, a few miles from
.TcEeesucrt. which resulted in the burn
ing 20 death OF Mrs. Cook aud her two lit
tie children ard the total destruction OF the
house. She was using petroleum oil 10
kind - fire. when the contents of the can
were i-Hited and an explosion followed.
Tie woman rushed uUt OF the house with
her c!olLiug in flames and persisted IN the
ward Tie house -09k fire and was CON
smesl and two children who were IN u
rgri~hed ir the .llmes y third child only
escaped "a similar fate by following her
mother cut OF the house.
Coy. Beaver Of Pennsylvania has
signed the high license hill. The act
class.iiss liquor license according TO the
nature az she community in which
business IS to Re carried on. instead OF
according To the volume OF sales, which j.
the existing basis Of classification There Is
S-as1 license for cities OF ;Hl.' ~ population
M over, SiCu for smaller ci;;es. 500 FOR
IorOUgEs, and SlJt 4Or township hotels
il i stated on excellent authority
that While = racue. son of ex Gov. Sprague
ana sesnds = of the late Chief Justice
Chase is u sue Tor divDlve. lie married
his Sts.-nlother-s sister the ground upon
which the petition viii be based Is that
- Willie, who was a lurie hos az the time OF
his marriage was not a fres agent
- New Haven. Conn. May 10. Mrs
Margaret Ernst. German widow aged q,
was cl.oked To death and robbed Of o.. Her
property was worth Slo0oo. She made a
will two wears ago and had bottled her at
t0Tnes that hext Week she desired 20 see
him Is she had concluded to change t. Ihe
coroner and the police see Il this fact the
motive OF the crime
II was reported on the 18th. that
Mrs Gen. Grant was then out Of danger
from an attack u diptheril, with which she
had been Frustrated FOR about week. For
z few DAYS her situation WGs critical, and
her grandchildren were sent away iron her
New YORK home.
Twenty coaples, members Of the
Reading Social club ,colsred}, came to
Bethlehem, Penn, from Reading 70 attend
a Sociahle. and were refused quarters az
the hotel The hotel men say they cannot
accommodate them.
The trial OF Jake Sharp for Broad
way surface R. r., bribery Of New York
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
The Bank Clerks Umbrella.

Everybody knew that dinner was
nearly ready rs the combination odor Of
clearinghouse VEGETABLES had become
so painfully intense.
Old Mr.. Rottle wandered downstairs
on the early-bird principal and took his
seat. 1t may have been owing to the
rain and rough weather outside, but the
old man was not in the best of humor
He acted as though the world had
hustled him some and he wanted 10
drown sorrow in dinner. The bell
rang as he sent pair of foraging eyes
about the table ana The other boarders
began to drop in. The Two Maiden
Ladies were the first to arrive, then the
Young Lady Boarder attended by the
Bank Clerk and with everybody follow
ing
No one noticed old Mr. Rottle's
gloom. The Bank Clerk WAS in su, h
high spirits that his sallies with the
Young Lady Boarder occupied the at
tention of the table
Had quite an adventure to-day, a."
he remarked, splitting some cranberry
sauce on the table cloth and putting
his butter-dish over the spot.
The Young Lady Boarder was all
interest Immediately, and so was every
body else. except old Mr.. Rottle.
You see. when was up in Con-
L. I, - 4 Il l.
Clerk, II lost my umbrella 1t rained
so | had to sail into a country store and
invest dollar and eighty cents in a
family cotton. had trouble with that
umbrella right of. 1t wasn't spread
ten minutes before the dye began to
run and the water fell off the ribs in
great brown drops, Just as though ii
was raining mOlasses. / hurried to
catch train, and when tried to furl
that umbrella the stick was swelled.
i had to climb on the back platform,
and it took me twelve minutes 10 get
that Connecticut cotton together
To-day ! whitfield the stick down and
tried the umbrella again. There was a
crowd on Wall Street. but | was hurry
ing along and thinking pretty hard
when seedy old cove in front of me
calls over his shoulder rs angry as can
be: Hey, there, You young rascal.
get your umh ella out of nv collar,
and sure lough," added the Bank
Clerk, uckling immoderately, I'm
the crowd rib of my cotton umbrella
had got WEI ged between the old party's
neck and ,ollar, and was dripping
molasses colored rain down his back :"
At this point old Mr. Rottle turned
red and suddenly put his hands to the
ba,k of his neck
Young wretch he exclaimed in
tone that trembled with anger Not
content with poking your umbrella in
t. me on the street YOU make jest of ~
in public. The rudness and fiippanct
of the rising generation is past endur-
ance." and choking with indignation
and soup the old man hurried out Of the
dining-room.
There was an appalled, silence for
some minutes. The bank Clerks nj
larity was already two miles and a
half away. and still moving sixty miles
an hour, At length the Young Lady
Boarder said she preferred dark meat
and the Landlady asked everybody to
keep their spoons for the next course.
". y. Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19

The cars We're the most superbly finished
and furnished of any in the world but the
great and novel feature was in having the
cars connected by vestibules as illustrated
in the engraving above SO that the passen-
ger can go the entire length of the train
without stepping into the open air.
The VestlbuIes are formed by enclosing
the platforms. Their structure is primarily
broad, thick frame of steel extending from
platform to roof and supported by strong
elastic pressure derived from springs
When two cars are connected these frames
press tightly against each other, forcing
back the steel springs, This gives close con
tact throughout the entire surface of the
| frames sustained by high pressure. In this
way great steadinesS of movement is i'm
parted to the whole train.
The personal conveniences afforded by the
vestlbules are numerous. In the interior
they are carpeted and furnished. Sheets of
rubber, arranged in folds like those of an
accordion, cover the points of contact and
! by stretching while the train is rounding
curves make the entrance of wind and dust
| impossible. Cut glass doors that are barred
while the train is in motion open out on the
/ steps. The vestibules, therefore, serve as
/ Railways leading fr Im one ear to another,
/ relieving the passenger from the annoyance
| of the of the whirlwind of the open platform,
| from dust in summer, from snow and in
tense cold in winter, and from storms in
| all seasons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
Tyne Setting Machine.

The art of Typography is just now on
the eve of a great and sudden revolu-
ton. On the LIST of July, 1856 a ma
chine was set up in the Tribune COM
posing room in New York, the employ
mcnt of which its inventor claimed
would not only make type-setting I'M
necessary in newspaper, book and job
printing. offices, bnt enable printers and
publishers to substitute comparatively
unskilled labor for that of the compost
tors now employed A large book has
been printed by the Tribune Associa-
ton by the aid of the machine, and
considerable and constantly increasing
portion of the Tribune is produced by
the same means. Whitelaw Reid is
president of the company that owns the
right TO build the machines. o. Mer-
genthaler, of Baltimore, is the inventor
The machine referred to is not the
mechanical typesetter which has been
in operation in the Tribune office six
or seven years, and is also used to some
extent elsewhere. That employs types
similar to those used in ordinary COM
position, which are arranged into words
and lines by an ingenious mechanism,
operated by means of keys like those
on a typewriter. The new machine
doesn't use type at all, but actually
makes little stereotype bars, each one
just rs long, as wide. and as high as a
line Of type from which a newspaper or
book is printed, each containing II line
of words on its surface, properly iusti-
fed and ready in every respect for the
printing press. These bars may be
produced singiy. or any number of dup
licates up to six may be made by one
operation.
To produce these results rather
complicated machine has been invent
ed which it would be difficult to dcs-
cribe without the use of technical terms
and diagrams. The operatorof it mani
pulates it as he would a typewriter. As
he strikes the keys Il series of cores
ponding dies are brought into place,
and when enough have been arranged
to make line of print they are auto
matically removed to 4 metal pot,
where the molten metal is forced into
them, thus casting one of the bars al
ready described. The bars are cooled
by blast of air, while the dies 90
back and are distributed by the ma
chine to their original places. All this
is accomplished automatically without
the operators suspending his work, an
assistant receiving the bars after they
are completed and arranging them in
columns After the printing has been
completed the bars are thrown back IN
to the metal pot and remelted, so that
the printing is always done from new
fresh face
In three or four months a person
can become an expert operator upon a
machine. One operator and an assis-
lant can do as much work as six fast
compositors.
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Separation vs.. Divorce.

Mrs. Craik the well-know author of
John Halifax, Gentleman" the Lon
don Globe says. has joined the Separa
fists. We hasten to say that she has
not $50 far as We are aware) become an
advocate Of political disintegTation. She
has simply proclaimed, ia the Contem-
porary Review. that omen, united to
bad husbands. ought. for the sake of
their children, a. once 10 seek for judi
cial separation. For divorce, says Mrs.
Craik-that only enables a bad man to
make another woman unhappy-but
separation, because such a husband
cannot be reformed, and the children
are best out of his power. Mrs. Craik
is evidently IN earnest, and her essay is
sure to be closely studied by her own
sex.-Lond0a Queen.
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CREAM FOOD AS MEDICINE.

Persons comsumptively inclined, says
DIR. Arnold, in the New York Tribune.
those with feeble digestion, aged people,
and those inclined to chilliness and
cold extremities, are especially benefit
ed by a liberal use of sweet cream. No
other article of food or medicine will
give them results equally satisfactory,
and either as a food medicine it is not
bad to take. As an antidote for a tenden-
cy to consumption it acts like charm,
and serves all the purpose intended to
be served by cod-liver oil with much
certainty and effect. Where sweet cream
can be had cod-liver oil is never needed.
The volatile and easily appropriated
unctuous matter in cream, besides con-
tributing directly by promoting diges-
ton for the same reason and in the
same way that other aromatic and at
tenuated oils aid the digestive function.
While cream has special merits for
certain kinds of invalids, there are no
objection to its use by any or all per-
otstSs At II stl iiiuOCGiits 'stAdtNbAts nv
tritious luxury for everybody at all
times. 1t is one of the special blessings
that serve to beautify the lives of dairy
men which might very properly be used
by them and by all others who produce
milk much more frequently than it is
now, and would, no doubt. meet with a
more liberal use but for the impression
many have that i is an expensive luxury
they can not afford; yet it often happens
that many, who for this reason, restrict
themselves in the use of cream use but
ter, still more expensive luxury, with
lavish hands For the most part, but
ter is only a luxury while cream is al
ways highly nutritious and life sus
tanning food as well as a luxury: and
hence the more economical of the Two.
Somehow the impression seems to pre-
vail with most producers that the one
great and only legitimate end of milk
and its cream is to make butter, and a
sense of waste and misuse involuntarily
rises whenever either is used for an,
other purpose; while, in fact. butter
making is the least useful purpose for
which milk is employed. A moments
reflection ought 10 make it clear that
cream is more economical and valuable
than butter, since it is equal to both
butter aud buttermilk. There is more
fat in cream than in the butter that is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
THE GID WORLD.

The Paris Temps says Waddington,
French ambassador at London, had an in
terview with Primo Minister Salisbury in
reference 10 the neutrality of the Suez
canal, which resulted in a cordial under
standing on the subject.
The secretary of India has notified
the British government Of a find, under the
palace of Gwalior of S35,0C0.UO0. which was
buried by the late mahgrsiah. The govern
meut has taken it for investment for the
regent
\ disastrous collision occurred on the
Brighton railway at Melbourne, May IL.
The killed and injured numbered fifty-five
The engineer, stoker and three passengers
were killed and fifty others injured, some
fatally.
The sale of crown jewels in Paris has
begun. Ten lots were disposed of. realizing
90, 200 francs. Among articles sold were q
diamond necklace for IS. go francs. and
pair Of diamond epaulettes for $4,000 francs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
HINTS AND HELPS.

The quilts of geese and turkeys are
now manufactured into a substitute for
whalebOne.
Colonel Weld says the best way to
tether a COW is by the hind leg (neyer
BY the horns) and a horse by the fore
leg.
White spots on tables, bureaus, and
other vanished furniture may be re-
moved by rubbing with rag wet with
spirits of camphor,
A writer in the Country Gentle
man declares that not one-fourth of the
cows in the state of New York pay for
the feed they consume.
For polishing wind-ws or mirrors
take clean rainwater and put in a few
drops of ammonia, enough to make
the water feel slippery: if very dirty
rinse; wipe dry with paper the ammonia
gives a clearness and brilliancy to the
glass that can be obtained in no other
way.
Whenever sheep are afflicted with
tick, or other animals with vermin, it
indicates a low condition of the system.
caused either by the vermin in the first
place, or by improper feeding. The
better the condition of the animals the
less liability to attack. They viii not
improve until relieved, and the longer
this be delayed the more difficult it viii
become.
For early crops choose your warmest
and best drained land. 1t can be worked
sooner. Use well rotted manure, be-
cause that gives the plant food quickest
in an available form, or soluble fertil-
izers. Every day you gain is money.
Early potatoes, for example, may sell
for 81 per bushel on the 18th of June.
and for fifty cents bushel on the LIST
of July.
Cows that kick or draw milk from
their udders should be sent to the
butcher. Remedies to prevent such
vices are not only useless as permanent
cures, but also troublesome to apply.
TO provide n cheap carpet make
cover for the floor of the cheapest cloth
you can get, and tack down as you
would carpet, then paper it as YOU
would wall, selecting paper which
has a figure resembling that OF car
pet. When dry varniSh with two coats
varnish. With reasonable usage such
carpet, which greatly resembles oil cloth.
will last for two years.
The reason poultry killed at home,
though young. is as tender as that
bought at the market, isthat the former
is generally not killed until wanted, and
when eaten is still rigid with death,
while that bought at the poulterer's
has been killed at least hours-more
often days Poultry ought to be killed |
several days before being eaten. dressed |
at once, and. with a few bits of char |
coal in it. hung in cool place. !
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19

Mr. GLADSTONE WIS recently asked
ifhe would not consider q proposal TO
visit the United States. and told that
his arrival would create greater inter-
e>t thaa tina; of any other man in
Europe. All. That. Sal he. is just
what have been afraid Of \ quiet
journey migh; stand. hut s...h p well
come aS American Kindness has lea me
10 expect is what my physicians, vino
rule me. would never allow. / fear be-
sides. You know. that a man OFFS years
old. whose strength Is more than needed
for his woyk n home. has scarcely a
right 10 spend it in crossing the Allan
tic
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19

EDWARD MCPHERSON denies that he
told an interviewer he role with Linz
coin to Gettysburg and urged him to
prepare speech, and that in conse-
queuce of the urging Lincoln wrote his
great -neech on his knee. lie express
q the belief that Lincoln prepared his
great speech after he reached Gcttys-
burr in a bedroom, but utterly repudi-
ates the car story.
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STErHEN SALI-EJEI Of Worcester.
Mass. has just given To the Technical
Institutes OF that city $lcd.G00. 10 he
used in the erection and equipment Of 4
building for laboratories for mechanic
nj. physical. and chemical science rs
memorial to his father. the late Steph-
en- Salisbury. who for great many
years was President and chief patron
Of tIs institute